Jamie Babbit

Directing

Jamie Babbit

Born 1970-11-16 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Jamie Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films But I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet and Itty Bitty Titty Committee. She has also directed episodes of television programs including Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Nip/Tuck and The L Word. She is involved with film production company POWER UP. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Babbit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Indie Sex: Teens poster
4.2

Underage sexual activity is one of the most taboo subjects on screen. The film traces the history and representation of adolescent love and sexual behavior from Splendor on the Grass to Thirteen. It examines both the sensational teen films of the 1980s and more modern youth cinema as mediums through which teen movies play a central role in adolescent sex education.

Indie Sex: Teens

2008

This Film Is Not Yet Rated poster
7.1

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006

Half the Picture poster
6.6

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

Half the Picture

2018

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NR

For the 25th anniversary of the beloved American dramedy television series Gilmore Girls, this documentary explores the show's role in American cultural history, as well as include never-before-seen cast interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from crew, writers, and directors.

Searching for Stars Hollow

Aisle Six poster
8.0

Imagine a treacly high-school docudrama about acceptance, cliques, and the secret shames of peer pressure. Now imagine it set in a world where all anyone cares about is plumbing, and the ultimate social crime is to cast a longing glance at a box of electrical supplies.

Aisle Six

1991

Behind the camera

But I'm a Cheerleader poster
7.1

Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.

But I'm a Cheerleader

2000

The Quiet poster
6.1

After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.

The Quiet

2005

The Stand In poster
5.3

When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career and boyfriend in this hilarious comedy about trading places.

The Stand In

2020

Breaking the Girls poster
5.4

A naive college student loses a scholarship at the hands of a classmate and makes a pact with a mysterious friend to kill off each other's enemies.

Breaking the Girls

2013

Sleeping Beauties poster
4.0

A morgue beautician is trying to get over her ex-girlfriend.

Sleeping Beauties

1999

Sleeping Beauties poster
4.0

A morgue beautician is trying to get over her ex-girlfriend.

Sleeping Beauties

1999

Red, White & Royal Wedding poster
NR

The sequel to the 2023 film. Plot TBA.

Red, White & Royal Wedding

Addicted to Fresno poster
5.2

Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.

Addicted to Fresno

2015

Itty Bitty Titty Committee poster
5.5

High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

Itty Bitty Titty Committee

2007

Stuck poster
4.9

Two aging lesbians have a heated argument that leads to an unexpected outcome involving a traffic accident deep in the California desert.

Stuck

2001

Made in Cleveland poster
1.0

Tale of life, love and the pursuit of happiness... in Cleveland. Nine vignettes about love: an old war hero defends the honor and memory of a long-lost love; a man's past comes to light in the midst of a perfect date; a recently separated paramedic gets more than he bargains for when he is thrust in the middle of a domestic dispute; a desperate man employs his friends in an elaborate scheme to meet the girl of his dreams, a recovering sex addict returns home to start a new life. There are thousands of stories of love, lust, loss and despair all over Cleveland-these are just a few of them.

Made in Cleveland

2013

Discharge poster
6.0

In Jamie Babbit's student film, Thelma gets harassed by Darryl, across the street.

Discharge

1994

Discharge poster
6.0

In Jamie Babbit's student film, Thelma gets harassed by Darryl, across the street.

Discharge

1994

Frog Crossing poster
10.0

A granola-cruncher, too Earth-conscious to swat away a fly that lands on his cheek, bicycles to the countryside. He aims to celebrate the titular creature's mating season and protect its path across a country road. Unfortunately, other humans driving by aren't quite so respectful of nature’s dignity or his. Ari Gold co-wrote and co-directed with Jamie Babbit.

Frog Crossing

1996